38 from his pocket, and shoots Deems, the project's chief drug dealer - right in front of everybody. One day, drunk and angry, Sportcoat saunters into the Cause Houses courtyard, takes a rusty. He argues with her ghost almost constantly and is obsessed with the money from the Christmas Club, which was in a secret place she didn't tell anyone about before dying. Sportcoat, also known as Deacon Cuffy, lost his wife a while ago, and his life has been on a downward spiral since. The year is 1969, and Sportcoat is the hard-drinking deacon of an old church in the Cause Houses projects in south Brooklyn. The novel is 370 pages, but McBride has packed enough in there for a dozen novellas, and reading them all mashed together is a pleasure. The prose is relentless and McBride's storytelling skills shine as he drags readers at breakneck speed trough a plethora of lives, times, events, and conversations. James McBride's Deacon King Kong is a feverish love letter to New York City, people, and writing. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Deacon King Kong Author James McBride
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